Dependent Personality Disorder
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Provide research for the following (minimum of 5 sources for total presentation):
Dependent Personalty Disorder–organize the criterion in a PowerPoint presentation, including all specifiers that go along with your chosen diagnosis.
?Are there any evidenced-based treatments (EBTs) for the particular diagnosis
?If there are EBTs, identify briefly the specific interventions (remember CBT is not an intervention but an orientation that utilizes many interventions) and what are the mechanisms of change (i.e., what symptom(s) is the specific intervention targeting?)
?Psychopharmacological treatments
?What are they and what are their effects on the client?
?o Identify the prevalence rate among the Hispanic community (be specific, is it US citizens, first generation, etc.). Describe the Hispanic cultures views of this particular diagnosis (may only find research that specifies diagnoses in general and not your specific diagnosis), etc.
?After a thorough search for relevant literature, you may find very little to nothing, well, don’t despair, this too is relevant.
?Speak to the research, or the lack thereof, and how that can impact us as clinicians in assigning the specific diagnosis chosen